| I 'm sure you have all heard of record breaking prices | | | | design and manufacture most of the different parts |
| of vintage watches at auctions and are considering | | | | rather than simply source components from another |
| making an investment in watches. The phenomenal | | | | supplier. |
| success of quartz watches in the seventies and | | | | The watch should be of high quality. It should have a |
| eighties drove up values of old mechanical watches as | | | | quality movement. |
| they became rarer. | | | | Look at the case finish and design too. Check out the |
| It is this enthusiasm for mechanical watches that has | | | | innovation in the watch. |
| spur manufacturers to come up with new innovation in | | | | Collectors are also interested in complications such as |
| mechanical watches. | | | | Perpetual Calendar, tourbillon, moon phases, power |
| So how do you choose a mechanical watch that will | | | | reserve indicator and day and night indicator. These |
| not only hold its value but also rise in value? | | | | are extra features besides the standard time telling. |
| Buy a brand which is reputable and has a long history | | | | Perpetual calender accurately keeps track of the day, |
| of preferably at least a century old. | | | | date, month and year. You do not have to worry |
| Check with auction sites and used watch dealers and | | | | whether the date is correct and set the correct date. |
| find out the value of a 5 year model. Is it worth any | | | | Tourbillon is one of the most complicated components |
| value? How about older ones? Are they worth more | | | | in watches which minimizes timekeeping errors caused |
| than the new models? If yes, then this brand may | | | | by gravity. |
| have good investment potential. Omega watches , | | | | The appreciation in value in mechanical watches is not |
| Corum watches, Concord watches and IWC watches | | | | as quick as other forms of investment. You should |
| are brands which have models that appreciate in value | | | | treat it as a long term investment. A investor wouldn't |
| in time.Whether a time piece appreciates in value | | | | buy a watch today and sell it off the next day. |
| depend on the simple law of economics. The rarer it is | | | | Potential watch investor should also know that value |
| the more highly prized it is. That's why rarity is so | | | | of a watch is dependent on the amount a buyer is |
| important. A reputable manufacturer can issue a | | | | willing to buy. In other words, a watch is worth only as |
| special edition with only a limited number of watches | | | | much as a buyer is willing to pay for it. |
| available, preferably of less than 100. | | | | Therefore it is very important that you like the watch |
| Going deeper into this issue there may be many | | | | and has emotional and sentimental value to you. |
| different brands but they may buy the watch | | | | Lastly, you have to take good care of your watch and |
| movement supplied by one main supplier which means | | | | maintain it too . Remember to keep all the papers and |
| in essence they are basically the same watch. | | | | documents too. |
| For a watch to be unique , the watchmaker should | | | | You can buy watches as investments. |